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   flask

   /flɑːsk/

   noun

   • 1. a container for liquids.
   • ▪ a narrow-necked glass container, typically conical or spherical, used in a laboratory to hold reagents or samples.
   • ▪ a narrow-necked bulbous glass container, typically with a covering of wickerwork, for storing wine or oil.
   • ▪ a vacuum flask. British
   • ▪ a hip flask.
   • ▪ the contents of a flask: "a flask of coffee"
   • 2. an extremely strong lead-lined container for transporting or storing radioactive nuclear waste.
   • 3. short for powder flask historical

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘cask’): from medieval Latin flasca. From the mid 16th century the word denoted a case of horn, leather, or metal for carrying gunpowder. The sense ‘glass container’ (late 17th century) was influenced by Italian fiasco, from medieval Latin flasco. Compare with flagon.

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